Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Year
Asychis amphiglypta		Southeast Pacific and Ant	1897
Asychis atlanticus		Western Central Atlantic	1867
Asychis biceps		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Asychis carolinae		Western Central Atlantic.
Asychis disparidentata		Northwest and Eastern Pac	1904
Asychis elongata		Northwest and Eastern Pac
Asychis gangeticus		Western Pacific	1932
Asychis gotoi		Western Pacific	1902
Asychis lacera		Western Pacific
Asychis pigmentata		Northwest Pacific	1982
Asychis similis		Northwest Pacific
Asychis trifilosus		Indo-West Pacific	1926
Asychis urceolata		Indo-West Pacific
Axiothella antarctica		Antarctic Atlantic	1930
Axiothella catenata		Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Axiothella constricta		Mediterranean Sea.	1869
Axiothella isocirra		Western Central Atlantic.	2007
Axiothella mucosa		Eastern Pacific and Weste	1891
Axiothella obockensis		Western Indian Ocean	1905
Axiothella rubrocincta		Eastern Pacific	1901
Boguea enigmatica		Western Central Atlantic	1945
Boguella ornata		Western Central Atlantic
Branchioasychis americana		Eastern Pacific	1945
Chirimia amoena		Western Central Atlantic	1869
Chirimia biceps		Eastern Pacific, Northeas	1923
Chirimia fauchaldi		Eastern Pacific	1991
Clymaldane laevis		Eastern Pacific	1972
Clymaldane sibogae		Eastern Pacific
Clymene rubrocincta		Eastern Pacific	1901
Clymenella cincta		Northwest Pacific	1894
Clymenella complanata		Northwest Pacific	1969
Clymenella mucosa		Western Central Atlantic
Clymenella papillosa		Western Central Pacific	1983
Clymenella somersi		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Clymenella tentaculata		Western Central Atlantic
Clymenella torquata	Bamboo worm	Eastern Central Pacific a	1855
Clymenella zonalis		Eastern Central Pacific a
Clymenopsis californiensis		Eastern Central Pacific a
Clymenopsis cingulata		Western Central Atlantic	1887
Clymenura annulata		Western Indian Ocean	1980
Clymenura borealis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Clymenura cirrata		Western Central Atlantic	1887
Clymenura clypeata		Northeast Atlantic	1894
Clymenura columbiana		Northeast Pacific
Clymenura enshuense		Northwest Pacific	1982
Clymenura gracilis		Northeast Pacific
Clymenura japonica		Northwest Pacific	1982
Clymenura lankesteri		Northwest Pacific
Clymenura longicaudata		Northwest Pacific	1982
Clymenura polaris		Arctic and Northwest Atla	1879
Clymenura scutata		Arctic and Northwest Atla	2020
Clymenura tenuis		Mediterranean Sea.
Euclymene africana		Western Indian Ocean	1905
Euclymene annandalei		Indo-West Pacific.	1921
Euclymene campanula		Indo-West Pacific.
Euclymene collaris		Western Indian Ocean and	1869
Euclymene coralicola		Western Central Atlantic	1929
Euclymene coronata		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Euclymene delineata		Western Central Atlantic
Euclymene droebachiensis		Western Central Atlantic	1872
Euclymene glandularis		Western Central Atlantic
Euclymene grossa		Western Central Atlantic
Euclymene insecta		Indo-West Pacific	1905
Euclymene lindrothi		Indo-West Pacific	1962
Euclymene lombricoides		Northeast Atlantic and In	1866
Euclymene luderitziana		Eastern Pacific	1918
Euclymene lumbricoides		Northeast Atlantic and th	1866
Euclymene lyrocephala		Northeast Atlantic and th
Euclymene mossambica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Euclymene natalensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Euclymene oerstedi		Northeast Atlantic, the M	1863
Euclymene palermitana		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1840
Euclymene papillata		Eastern Pacific	1939
Euclymene reticulata		Eastern Pacific	1923
Euclymene robusta		Mediterranean Sea.	1906
Euclymene tropica		Eastern Pacific	1928
Euclymene uncinata		Northwest Pacific	1982
Euclymene watsoni		Western Indian Ocean	1905
Euclymene zonalis		Northeast Pacific
Gravierella multiannulata		Western Indian Ocean	1919
Heteroclymene corallicolus		Eastern Pacific	1929
Heteroclymene glabra		Eastern Pacific	1923
Heteroclymene Isocirrus		Eastern Pacific	1907
Heteroclymene longiceps		Eastern Pacific	1923
Heteroclymene papillatus		Eastern Pacific	1939
Heteroclymene robusta		Eastern Pacific	1907
Isocirrus longiceps		Northeast Pacific
Isocirrus planiceps		Arctic and Northwest Paci	1972
Isocirrus yungi		Antarctic	1911
Johnstonia clymenoides		Northeast Atlantic and th	1850
Johnstonia duplicata		Western Central Atlantic	1993
Leiochone leiopygos		Mediterranean Sea.	1860
Leiochone singularis		Antarctic Atlantic	1906
Lumbriclymene cylindricauda		Antarctic Atlantic	1872
Lumbriclymene minor		Atlantic, Arctic Oceans a	1907
Lumbriclymenella robusta		Southeast Pacific and Ant	1911
Macroclymene monilis		Eastern Atlantic and West	1902
Macroclymene santanderensis		Mediterranean Sea	1917
Macroclymene zonalis		Western Atlantic.
Maldanae cuculligera		Western Central Atlantic	1887
Maldanae glebifex		Western Central Atlantic	1860
Maldanae sarsi		Western Central Atlantic	1965
Maldane arctica		Arctic	1985
Maldane cristata		Indo-Pacific.	1923
Maldane glebifex		Northeast Atlantic, the M	1860
Maldane malmgreni		Northeast Atlantic	1885
Maldane philippinensis		Western Central Pacific.	1939
Maldane sarsi	Bambooworm	Indo-Pacific, Arctic, Nor	1865
Maldane theodori		Indo-West Pacific	1926
Maldanella antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1885
Maldanella fibrillata		Eastern Pacific	1919
Maldanella robusta		Eastern Pacific
Metasychis collariceps		Western Central Atlantic	1906
Metasychis disparidentatus		Eastern Pacific	1904
Metasychis fimbriatus		Western Central Atlantic	1934
Metasychis gotoi		Pacific Ocean and the Med	1902
Microclymene acirrata		Pacific Ocean and the Med
Microclymene caudata		Northwest Pacific	1982
Microclymene tricirrata		Mediterranean Sea.	1906
Micromaldane bispinosa		Western Indian Ocean	1960
Micromaldane ornithochaeta		Western Indian Ocean, At	1879
Nicomache antillensis		Western Central Atlantic	1922
Nicomache arwidssoni		Eastern Pacific	1985
Nicomache lumbricalis		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Nor	1780
Nicomache minor		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Nicomache mossambica		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Nicomache personata		Northeast Pacific
Nicomache quadrispinata		Arctic	1906
Nicomache trispinata		Mediterranean Sea.
Nicomache venticola		Pacific Ocean.	1990
Notoproctus abyssus		Pacific Ocean.
Notoproctus oculatus		Arctic, Mediterranean and	1906
Notoproctus pacificus		Indo-West Pacific.	1906
Petaloproctus borealis		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1906
Petaloproctus cirratus		Western Indian Ocean	1937
Petaloproctus neoborealis		Western Indian Ocean
Petaloproctus ornatus		Eastern Pacific	1969
Petaloproctus socialis		Western Central Atlantic	1891
Petaloproctus tenuis		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Petaloproctus terricolus		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-	1866
Praxillella abyssorum		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1885
Praxillella affinis		Indo-West Pacific, Northe	1872
Praxillella assimilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1885
Praxillella elongata		Western Central Atlantic	1881
Praxillella gracilis		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	1862
Praxillella kerguelensis		Western Indian Ocean and	1885
Praxillella lophoseta		Mediterranean Sea.	1898
Praxillella pacifica		Pacific Ocean.	1929
Praxillella praetermissa		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Praxillella tricirrata		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Praxillella trifila		Eastern Pacific and the M	1960
Praxillura longissima		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Praxillura maculata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Praxillura ornata		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Proclymene muelleri		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Rhodine antarctica		Southeast Pacific and Ant	1907
Rhodine attenuata		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Rhodine bitorquata		Eastern Pacific and the A	1923
Rhodine gracilior		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1879
Rhodine intermedia		Antarctic	1911
Rhodine loveni		Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, M
Rhodine sima		Western Central Atlantic	1887
Sabaco elongatus		Western Central Atlantic	1873
Sonatsa carinata		Eastern Pacific	1923

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